Clothes-hanger holder



Oct. 2, 1928.

A. L. CHUBB CLOTHES HANGER HOLDER Filed Feb. 19, 1927 A/ If A. 671 055. A, INVENTOR A TTORNEY Patented Get. 2, 1925s.

. '-snirso s'r J ANNIE L. GHUBB, or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

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Application filed February 19, 1327. SeriaI No. 169,522.

My invention relates 'to clothes-hanger holders, and it refers especially to such holders as areadapted'for use in clothes closets or cloak rooms, for instance, in club houses, Where frequently a crowded condition of the hanging garments prevails,

' 1n order toretain a desired number of be easily lost.

clothes hangers on each holder, it is in such places often desirable to use hangers that have holders ofany other construction heretofore known, in connection with the aforementioned hangers, has the disadvantage, l1owever that the holders cannot be swung out of the Waywhenj it is so'desired, and, if the holders are removed from their fastening the hangers are liable to slide off and, consequent -ly,.to' be lost. I

1 It is one object of my invention to construct ablothes-hanger holder, which is not only hangersto'the holders, and to be threaded thru an eye member secured to a suitable sup port, and to engage a hook member on the alignment with one another on the holder.

adapted for use in connection with the ordinary hangers having hooks thereon, but is' adapted to be threaded thru the eyes of the first mentioned hangers for attaching the support in order to attach the holders thereto for holding hangers in a virtually horizontal 'Afurther object of the inventionfis to providesuch a'holder with means for preventing the. hangers from-sliding off the holder orffor preventing the holder from becoming disenf gaged from the eye' member, whether the holder engages the hook in the support or is disengaged therefrom, and also for making it possible to swing the attached holder out of the way when the holder is not in use.

' V With the above mentioned objects and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion. size,

and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit, or without sacrific ing any of the ad In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation ofa clothes. r

hanger holder, constructed according to my l ssens vantages of, theinvention.

invention and-holding thereona' number of 1 clothes hangers in a virtually horizontal" alignment, the view showing also a portion of awall or other vertical supporting member and 'a horizontal support secured thereto,

which carries an eye member and ahook for attaching the holders to the support;

Figure 2'is'asectionalelevation along the line 2-2 in Figure 1'; and v v Figure 31s a similar elevation along the line 33 in F gure'l-b The clothes-h anger the numeral 1.

holder of my invention is indicated in the drawing as a whole byv Itcomnrises a rod, which is endiportions 2 and 3, a virtually straight, intermediate portion 5 eXten-dingvirtually 'pa'rallel with the end portions,bends 5 and 6 joining the intermediate portion tothe respectiveend portions so that the end portion 3 extends between the'intermediate portion land the end portion 2 and adjacent to' the latter, and terminal bend 7 formed on the end portion 3 adjacentto the head 5, and the holder is preferably so constructcdthat all of its parts arevirtually in the same plane, as shown in I Figures 2'and 3. V ,7 V

In Figure '2isshown a clotheshanger' 8- provided with'an eye 9 by which it isattach able to ,a support. Hangersofthis kind are attached to the holder lby threading the straight endportion 2 of the holder thru the 1 eye. 9 o'feachbanger until'thejeye passes the terminal bend 7 on the other straight end portion-3 and is free to slide down'upon the intermediate portion 4. The holder maybe attached to suitable support 10 so as to retain the hangers in'thecustomary horizontal alignment with one another. Sucha support may be a shelf, which is shown at '11 in Figure 'l as hinged to a wall'or other verticalsupporting member 12. Into this shelf are screwed an eye 13 and a book 14, and the eye and the hook are so spaced from each other as to be adapted to support the holder at the junctionof the bends 5, 6,,and 7 with the respective straight end portions 2 and 3.

port 10, the straight end portion 2 is threaded thru the eye 13 until the eye'passes the bend 7 so that the holder cannot accidentally be I In order to attach the holder to the sup-j is desired to swing the holder outof the way,

the holder may be allowed to assume a ver-' tioal position and, in such a position, may be supported at one end on the eye by the bend 5.

When it is desired to support'the hangers in their horizontal positions, the holder is swung into engagement with the hook 1 L in'such a manner that one end of the holder, with the straight portion 3 at the bend 7, rests in the eye 13, and theother end of the holder, with the straight portion 3 at the bendfi, rests in the hook 14. While the hanger-s8 are then supportedon the straight intermediate portion 4, below the straight portions 2 and '3, and at the same time are prevented from slidingofi the holders by the bends 5 and 6, the

- garments, supported on the hangers, have a tendency, by their weight, to force the portion {t downward so that theportion 2- will rest upon, and frictionally engage, the portion 3, thereby virtually locking the portions 2 and j 3 together and making the holder capable of sustaining a comparatively heavy load. I

e The holder may be of any length in order to make it suitable for installation in various places and under varying conditions,but I prefer to construct the holder so as to accommodate thereon only a small number of hangers and thereby to make the holder especially adapted to be attached transversely on a shelf, as indicated in Figure 1, in which-theiholder is shown as having five hangers thereon. V

I claim as myinvention: a I 1. A cl theshanger holder comprising a support, a ring depending from-the support,

a'rhook depending from the support and spaced from said ring, a rod comprising a 3 straight end-portion, a bent portion extending arallel with said straight end portion,

a re ent portion extending between said straight end and said bent portion and in paralielism therewith; said straight portion and robe-lit portion being spaced so as toallow the straight portion to be threaded thru the eyes of a hanger and thru said ring, the end of said'straight portionandthe rebont portion to; be removably suspended on said hook. I 2. A clothes-hangerfholder comprising a support, a ring depending from the support,

a hook depending from the support-and spaced from said ring; a rod comprising a straight end portion, a bent portion extendmg pirallel with saidstraight end portion, a re nt portion extending, between said strai -ht end and said bent portion and in para lelism therewith; said straight portion and rebent portion being spaced so as to allow the straight portion to be threaded thru the eyes of ahanger and thru said ring, the end of said straight portion and the rebent portion to be removably suspended on said hook, the free end of said rebent portion being curved so as to prevent theaccidental removal bent portion extending between said straigh end and said bent portion and in parallelism therewith; said straight portion and rebent port-ion being spaced so as to allow the straight portion to be threaded thru the eyes of a hanger and thru said ring, the end of said straight portionand the rebent portion to be removably suspended so as to prevent the accidental removal of said rod from said ring said a ring and i said hook supporting said hanger rod in substantially a horizontal position. I r

4. A clothes-hanger holder comprising a support, a ring depending from the support, a hook depending from the support and spaced and the accidental removal of said hangers,

from said ring; a rod comprising a straight end portion, a bent portion extending parallel with said straight end' portion, a rebent portion extending between said straight end and said bent portion and in,parallelism therewith; said ,straight'portion and rebent por-. tion being spaced so as to allow thestraight portion to be threaded thru the eyes of a hanger and thru said ring, theend of saidstraight portion and the rebent portion to be removably suspended on saidhook, the free end of said rebent portion being curved so as to prevent the accidental removal of said rod from said ring and the accidental removal of said hangers; said ring andvsaid hook supporting said hanger rod in substantially a horizontal position; a hinge securing means on one end of said support.

'In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,-

f ANNIE L. OHUBB. 

